Species list, Checklist of Suborder Zygoptera (Damselflies) for Amherst (Amherst County, Virginia, USA)

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Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Amherst (Amherst County, Virginia, USA)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	106 273 337	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	106 273 337	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Palaeoptera Crampton, 1915 Ancient winged insects	11 17 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Odonatoptera Martynov, 1932	7 13 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Odonata Fabricius, 1793 Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies	7 13 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Zygoptera Selys, 1854 Damselflies	4 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Amherst (Amherst County)
4 Families width 7 Species

Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	3	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917	Flatwing	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Amherst (Amherst County)
5 Genera with 7 Species

Argia Rambur, 1842	Dancers	2	Species	Taxom
Calopteryx Leach, 1805	Demoiselle Damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1839	Forktail	1	Species	Taxom
Lestes Leach, 1840	Emerald Damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Rhipidolestes Ris, 1951		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Amherst (Amherst County)
7 Species

Argia apicalis (Say, 1840)	⇒ Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951
Argia tibialis Rambur, 1842	Blue-tipped Dancer
Calopteryx maculata Palisot de B..., 1805	Black-winged Damselfly
Ischnura verticalis Say, 1839	Eastern Forktail
Lestes forcipatus Rambur, 1842	Sweetflag Spreadwing
Lestes rectangularis Say, 1840	Slender Spreadwing
Rhipidolestes okinawanus Asahina, 1951

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Amherst (Amherst County)

Superfamily	Calopterygoidea Selys, 1850	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Coenagrionoidea Kirby, 1890	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lestoidea Calvert, 1901 Bluestreaks	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Zygoptera at artfakta.se
Zygoptera at dyntaxa.se
Zygoptera at itis.gov